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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
MatWright ("Mat Wright") wrote:

This is diplomatic speak for Fuck You Rubio

#USpol #USpolitics

pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:

I found a happy jumping spider!

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/05/04/spider-season-begins/

Boosted by mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze"):
mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:

Gramercy Park, which sits between Lexington Avenue and Irving Place between 20th and 21st Streets in Manhattan, is a locked private park. At the center of the park is a statute of Edwin Booth, a 19th century actor today best known for being the less murderous sibling of John Wilkes Booth.

Only residents of the surrounding buildings are issued keys. There are a lot of rules, including against photography, so this is as close as we get. If you have to ask, you don't belong. Go away.

Boosted by mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze"):
mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:

Captured with Phase One XT IQ4-150 and the Rodenstock 23mm/5.6 HR-Digraron, a sharp ultrawide angle that accommodated just enough shift movement to compose this frame. Captured from the now-shuttered Gramercy Park hotel, on a fittingly grey and joyless winter day.

The wide angle and high, single point perspective emphasize the dominance of the private, locked park's local footprint. Rather than creating public space, it seems to elbow us aside.

Boosted by mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze"):
mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:

Gramercy Park, NYC, 2020.

All the pixels, but reserved for residents only, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/49594943761

#photography

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
pikesley@mastodon.me.uk ("Away Popes count double") wrote:

We saw this shop up Brick Lane earlier this week and I feel personally attacked

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
j2bryson ("Joanna Bryson, blathering") wrote:

European intelligence agencies say Moscow has launched a campaign of sabotage, arson and disinformation against the continent. Sometimes, it is focused on specific targets related to support for the Ukrainian war effort, but more often it is simply aimed at causing chaos and unease.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2025/may/04/these-people-are-disposable-how-russia-is-using-online-recruits-for-a-campaign-of-sabotage-in-europe?CMP=Share%5FiOSApp%5FOther

adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold") wrote:

We’re coming up on a year since I published #omgdotlol’s People Principles. These are clear and intentional statements of support for people who don’t often feel supported, and they unambiguously reflect what this platform stands for and what’s important to us.

https://omglol.news/2024/05/26/omg-lols-people-principles

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
ketanjoshi.co@bsky.brid.gy ("Ketan Joshi") wrote:

"Pro-democracy creators currently publishing on Substack should be cognizant of the fact that they are operating behind enemy lines, and that the company's backers are antagonistic to your goals"america2.news/the-substack...

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
ashleygjovik ("Ashley M. Gjøvik, JD") wrote:

Anyone want to help with some legal research for the Gjovik v Apple appeal?

Tell me about your favorite enforcement actions / lawsuit wins against megacorporations over the last few years related to environmental practices, violent crimes, consumer rights, labor and employment practices, white collar crime, and corruption. Other special mentions also welcome.

Focus on US cases is preferred, but international also welcome.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
carla@hci.social ("Carla Griggio") wrote:

I'm hiring a PhD student in Copenhagen, Denmark to do #HCI research on #privacy and #interoperability in messaging apps!

This is a fully funded 3-year position in the Copenhagen campus of Aalborg University. The student will join my project "mInt" (for "messaging interoperability" ;)) and will be co-supervised by me and @nielsvanberkel .

More info and application form here: https://www.stillinger.aau.dk/phd-stillinger/vis-stilling/vacancyId/1219575. Deadline is May 18.

#hci #interoperability #messaging #dma #phd

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
tek@todon.eu ("Etienne / Tek") wrote:

Mastodon #infosec , I am trying to maintain a list of threat intel platforms that have passive DNS, historical whois, malware analysis, threat databases here https://gist.github.com/Te-k/2a5a1885249cfd07f417b47d291c4b98
Am I missing any important platform in that list?

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

insane

https://nasawatch.com/personnel-news/new-nasa-performance-criteria-are-here/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us ("Emeritus Prof Christopher May") wrote:

Some sage advice from the FT for the Labour incinerators of regulation (although the FT's 'target' was the current US administration):

'John F Kennedy was fond of the expression “don’t ever take a fence down until you know the reason why it was put up”. First laid out by English writer GK Chesterton, it is a reminder not to rush reforms through without considering the consequences'!

Especially in the case of financial sector regulation, Labour should heed this advice & urgently!

#politics

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
neurovagrant@masto.deoan.org ("Ian Campbell") wrote:

Worth a listen: This Week in Machine Learning podcast’s most recent episode is on CTIBench, a benchmark framework for LLMs in cyber threat intelligence. Interesting conversation, have not dived into the paper yet.

https://twimlai.com/podcast/twimlai/ctibench-evaluating-llms-in-cyber-threat-intelligence/

https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.07599

#infosec #cybersecurity #threatintel

jwz wrote:

How Volunteer Patrols Are Working to Protect San Diego Immigrant Communities From ICE.

Unión del Barrio: Community patrol members are specifically trained to look out for signs of undercover law enforcement vehicles -- usually U.S.-manufactured...
https://jwz.org/b/yknH

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
gleick@mas.to ("James Gleick") wrote:

If Chuck Schumer were as focused on his job as @joshtpm is, here's what he would be thinking about right now:

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-white-houses-next-orchestrated-budget-crisis

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
QasimRashid ("Qasim Rashid, Esq.") wrote:

Systemic white supremacy is when the family of white supremacist & violent insurrectionist Ashli Babbit is getting $30 Million dollars in reparations from the Trump regime for her alleged wrongful death on Jan 6, but Black citizens murdered by police like Tamir Rice, Breonna Taylor, Eric Garner, Aiyana Jones, Philando Castile, “should have complied,” despite actually doing nothing wrong.

$30M for insurrecting while white.

System ain’t broken, it is working as intended. And that’s the problem.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
arabiccola wrote:

I am getting into writing PostgreSQL functions in the C language and I am particularly interested in ordered-set aggregate functions.

Is there anyone out here who can direct me in the right direction?

#postgresql #sql #aggregate #function #clang #programming

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

“ - yet who believe that these subjects must be decided through democratic debate and constitutional processes rather than the dictates of a single man.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/opinion/trump-100-days-opposition.html?unlocked%5Farticle%5Fcode=1.Ek8.9qvf.%5FqZwwpwP6FOA&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

“The patriotic response to today’s threat is to oppose Mr. Trump. But it is to do so soberly and strategically, not reflexively or performatively. It is to build a coalition of Americans who disagree about many other subjects — who span conservative and progressive, internationalist and isolationist, religious and secular, business-friendly and labor-friendly, pro-immigration and restrictionist, laissez-faire and pro-government, pro-life and pro-choice…”

Boosted by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
darktable@photog.social wrote:

We like editing our photos. We like seeing *your* creative decisions about your photographs. We like seeing you make impactful work and share it with others. We like tools that can help you underscore your own creative vision.

adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold") wrote:

But, in all seriousness, I really appreciate all of the feedback that I’ve received over the past few days. Some of it has been shared in the form of critical blog posts, but it’s helpful feedback all the same. I know that there are other things I can be doing instead of pointing to *every* injustice and trying to right *every* wrong. And focusing on those things can ultimately make a better difference.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
andrealuck@fosstodon.org ("Andrea Luck") wrote:

Another cool Martian cloud spotted by CNSA Tianwen 1...

and yes, Mars does have clouds!

Full size & info: https://flic.kr/p/2r2HXah
Image Processing: Andrea Luck
Raw data: CNSA/CLEP/PEC/MoRIC

Mars, Protonilus Mensae - March 1, 2022

Mosaic of 3 images created using data processed from https://moon.bao.ac.cn

Mission: CNSA Tianwen 1
Camera: MoRIC
Time: 2022-03-01T23:50:27.510000Z
Longitude: 39.206461
Latitude: 46.255012
Altitude: 394 km

#Mars #Solarocks #Space #Astronomy #Astrodon

adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold") wrote:

I have not yet begun to “woke”.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
alcinnz@floss.social wrote:

Do you approve of the state of the software industry?

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

No idea where it came from though. I grew up in a remote outpost of humanity, so it was either picked up via popular culture or perhaps some air force kid brought it in.

Then again, I suppose it could've been local invention that was also independently invented elsewhere. You know, like convergent language evolution or something.

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

I was having a conversation with my wife about slang terms used when we were younger, and she had never heard of "bad out". It got me wondering if the use of "bad out" was a local phenomenon during my grade school years, but apparently not:

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Bad%20Out

We were definitely saying it as elementary school kids on the playgrounds in the 80s where I lived.

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

this is Musk:

“Empathy that connects, that builds, that heals requires a code of ethics. It requires restraint. It requires trust. It asks the empathizer not just to understand others but also to honor what that understanding unlocks. When empathy becomes unmoored from ethics, it becomes coercion with a smile.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/opinion/empathy-ethics.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

Regarding LB[1]: It's an incredible story at the intersection of culture, language, politics, and engineering. I'd love to see Lin Yutang's MingKwai in action:

"At nine inches (23 centimetres) tall and less than 20 inches (50 centimetres) in length and width, MingKwai was no larger than a standard English typewriter. Most notably, it resembled its Western counterparts and featured a keyboard. With 72 keys, the device could type more than 90,000 Chinese characters."

[1] https://social.coop/@natematias/114450318139724718